Buffing wheel



H. M. SMITH.

BUFFING WHEEL.

APPLICATION FILED APR. 23. 1920.

Patented Apr. 25, 1922.

INVENTOR h. M. jM/r/l HERBERT M. SMITH, OF FARMINGTON, CONN EGTICUT,ASSIGNOR TO LAN DERS, FRARY & CLARK, OF NEW BRITAIN, CONNECTICUT, ACORPORATION OF CONNECTICUT.

BUFFING- WHEEL.

Application filed April 23, 1920. Serial No. 375,931.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, HERBERT M. SMITH, acitizen of the United States, residing at F armington, county ofHartford, State of Connecticut, have invented a certain new and usefulImprovement in Buffing 'Wheels, of which the following is a full, clear,and exact description.

y invention relates to buffing wheels and has for its object to providea paper buffing wheel in which the buffing surface is soft and fibrous.It further has for its object to produce an inexpensive wheel which willtake the place of the cloth wheels now in use and largely, if notentirely, eliminate the use of cloth in bufling wheels for certainpurposes.

The following is a description of a wheel embodying my invention,reference being had to the accompanying drawings, in which,

Fig. 1 shows a section of a wheel embodying my invention, through itscenter;

Fig. 2 1s a side elevation of the same, parts being broken away; and,

Fig. 3 is an enlarged section through the center. 1

Referring more particularly to the drawings, 1 are four sections of thewheel, each of which comprises disks of embossed, crinkled. stippled, orotherwise corrugated paper of soft-texture and having elasticity andflexibility in several directions, The crinkled wood pulp paper known askraft paper, such as is used for crinkled paper towels or crinkledvwrapping paper, iswell adapted for my purpose. This paper is aboutl/lOOth of an inch thick. It easily absorbs moisture. It is soft andpliable and wheels made up 'of it when used as buffing wheels present asoft matted edge, admirably adapted to receive and retain the materialsused in bufling and other polish-v ing operations. The disks of eachsection are stitched together with stitches 2. One suitable form ofcrinkled paper is indicated in. the drawings.

Patented Apr. 25 1922.

to produce uni- The wheel may be made of any desired thickness and ispreferably made up of a plurality of sections clamped on an ordinarybushing 6 by a nut 7, the nut and bushing being provided with spannerholes 8. A wheel made up of paper such as described attains the objectsof my invention and may be used in place of a cloth wheel with verysatisfactory results formany purposes.

As will be evident to those skilled in the art, my invention permits ofVarious modifications without departing from the spirit thereof or thescope ofthe appended claims.

What I claim is: s

1. A bufling wheel comprising contacting disks of soft corrugated paperforming a thick mass.

2. A bufling wheel comprising contacting disks of soft corrugated paperhaving longi tudinally extending crinkles, some of the layers of paperbeing placed so that adjacent layers have the crinkles angularlydisplaced.

3. A buffing wheel comprising contacting disks of soft corrugated paperforming a thick mass, said wheel having its outer faces composed ofcloth.

4. A bufling wheel comprising contacting disks of soft corrugated paperforming a thick mass, said wheel having its outer faces composed ofcloth and having layers of cloth interposed between some of the sheetsforming the thick mass.

